Parasha: Vayechi · Aliyah: Third (Tiferet)

Genesis 48:17–48:22
מ"ח:י"ז וַיַּ֣רְא יוֹסֵ֗ף כִּי־יָשִׁ֨ית אָבִ֧יו יַד־יְמִינ֛וֹ עַל־רֹ֥אשׁ אֶפְרַ֖יִם וַיֵּ֣רַע בְּעֵינָ֑יו וַיִּתְמֹ֣ךְ יַד־אָבִ֗יו לְהָסִ֥יר אֹתָ֛הּ מֵעַ֥ל רֹאשׁ־אֶפְרַ֖יִם עַל־רֹ֥אשׁ מְנַשֶּֽׁה׃
48:17 When Joseph saw that his father was placing his right hand on Ephraim’s head, he thought it wrong; so he took hold of his father’s hand to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s.
48:17 And when Joseph saw that his father was laying his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him, and he held up his father’s hand, to remove it from Ephraim’s head unto Manasseh’s head.
מ"ח:י"ז וַחֲזָא יוֹסֵף אֲרֵי שַׁוִּי אָבוּהִי יַד יְמִינֵיהּ עַל רֵישָׁא דְאֶפְרַיִם וּבְאֵישׁ בְּעֵינוֹהִי וּסְעֵד יְדָא דְאָבוּהִי לְאַעֲדָאָה יָתַהּ מֵעַל רֵישָׁא דְאֶפְרַיִם לְאַנָּחוּתַהּ עַל רֵישָׁא דִמְנַשֶּׁה:
מ"ח:י"ח וַיֹּ֧אמֶר יוֹסֵ֛ף אֶל־אָבִ֖יו לֹא־כֵ֣ן אָבִ֑י כִּי־זֶ֣ה הַבְּכֹ֔ר שִׂ֥ים יְמִינְךָ֖ עַל־רֹאשֽׁוֹ׃
48:18 “Not so, Father,” Joseph said to his father, “for the other is the first-born; place your right hand on his head.”
48:18 And Joseph said unto his father: ‘Not so, my father, for this is the first-born; put thy right hand upon his head.’
מ"ח:י"ח וַאֲמַר יוֹסֵף לְאָבוּהִי לָא כֵן אַבָּא אֲרֵי דֵין בּוּכְרָא שַׁו יְמִינָךְ עַל רֵישֵׁיהּ:
מ"ח:י"ט וַיְמָאֵ֣ן אָבִ֗יו וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ יָדַ֤עְתִּֽי בְנִי֙ יָדַ֔עְתִּי גַּם־ה֥וּא יִֽהְיֶה־לְּעָ֖ם וְגַם־ה֣וּא יִגְדָּ֑ל וְאוּלָ֗ם אָחִ֤יו הַקָּטֹן֙ יִגְדַּ֣ל מִמֶּ֔נּוּ וְזַרְע֖וֹ יִהְיֶ֥ה מְלֹֽא־הַגּוֹיִֽם׃
48:19 But his father objected, saying, “I know, my son, I know. He too shall become a people, and he too shall be great. Yet his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring shall be plentiful enough for nations.”
48:19 And his father refused, and said: ‘I know it, my son, I know it; he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great; howbeit his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.’
מ"ח:י"ט וְסָרֵיב אָבוּהִי וַאֲמַר יְדַעְנָא בְרִי יְדַעְנָא אַף הוּא יְהֵי לְעַמָּא וְאַף הוּא יִסְגֵּי וּבְרַם אָחוּהִי זְעִירָא יִסְגֵּי מִנֵּיהּ וּבְנוֹהִי יְהוֹן שַׁלִּיטִין בְּעַמְמַיָּא:
מ"ח:כ׳ וַיְבָ֨רֲכֵ֜ם בַּיּ֣וֹם הַהוּא֮ לֵאמוֹר֒ בְּךָ֗ יְבָרֵ֤ךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר יְשִֽׂמְךָ֣ אֱלֹהִ֔ים כְּאֶפְרַ֖יִם וְכִמְנַשֶּׁ֑ה וַיָּ֥שֶׂם אֶת־אֶפְרַ֖יִם לִפְנֵ֥י מְנַשֶּֽׁה׃
48:20 So he blessed them that day, saying, “By you shall Israel invoke blessings, saying: God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.” Thus he put Ephraim before Manasseh.
48:20 And he blessed them that day, saying: ‘By thee shall Israel bless, saying: God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh.’ And he set Ephraim before Manasseh.
מ"ח:כ׳ וּבְרֵיכִנּוּן בְּיוֹמָא הַהוּא לְמֵימַר בָּךְ יְבָרֵךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל לְמֵימַר יְשַׁוִּינָךְ יְיָ כְּאֶפְרַיִם וְכִמְנַשֶּׁה וְשַׁוֵּי יָת אֶפְרַיִם קֳדָם מְנַשֶּׁה:
מ"ח:כ"א וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֶל־יוֹסֵ֔ף הִנֵּ֥ה אָנֹכִ֖י מֵ֑ת וְהָיָ֤ה אֱלֹהִים֙ עִמָּכֶ֔ם וְהֵשִׁ֣יב אֶתְכֶ֔ם אֶל־אֶ֖רֶץ אֲבֹתֵיכֶֽם׃
48:21 Then Israel said to Joseph, “I am about to die; but God will be with you and bring you back to the land of your fathers.
48:21 And Israel said unto Joseph: ‘Behold, I die; but God will be with you, and bring you back unto the land of your fathers.
מ"ח:כ"א וַאֲמַר יִשְׂרָאֵל לְיוֹסֵף הָא אֲנָא מָאִית וִיהֵי מֵימְרָא דַיְיָ בְּסַעְדֵּכוֹן וְיָתֵיב יָתְכוֹן לְאַרְעָא דַּאֲבָהַתְכוֹן:
מ"ח:כ"ב וַאֲנִ֞י נָתַ֧תִּֽי לְךָ֛ שְׁכֶ֥ם אַחַ֖ד עַל־אַחֶ֑יךָ אֲשֶׁ֤ר לָקַ֙חְתִּי֙ מִיַּ֣ד הָֽאֱמֹרִ֔י בְּחַרְבִּ֖י וּבְקַשְׁתִּֽי׃ (פ)
48:22 And now, I assign to you one portionbMeaning of Heb. shekhem uncertain; others “mountain slope.” more than to your brothers, which I wrested from the Amorites with my sword and bow.”
48:22 Moreover I have given to thee one aportion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.’
מ"ח:כ"ב וַאֲנָא יְהָבִית לָךְ חוּלַק חַד יַתִּיר עַל אַחָיךְ דִּי נְסֵיבִית מִידָא דֶאֱמוֹרָאָה בִּצְלוֹתִי וּבְבָעוּתִי:

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